The Source of Trials and Temptations !

THE SOURCE OF TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS: Jesus said, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." What evil years He talking about ? The evil of trials and temptations. Every man or woman is tempted when they are drawn away by their own lust. "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither can't he any man; but every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust has conceived, it bring it for sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth for death." (James 1:13-14-15). We can rise to a new level of faith when we realize that it is the thief that steals, kills, and destroys. It is Jesus who gives life abundantly. When you draw the battle line, you will have 50% of the battle won. This will set you at liberty in your prayer life. You can use your face shield to quench every fiery dart of the devil the wicked one. But until you determine the cause, you cannot use your faith. You can't believe the thing will go away if God put it on you. It may not be time for it to go away. The enemy suggests that God might be using this to perfect you. It sounds logical, but it is a stronghold of the enemy. By the way one of the enemies weapons is the power of suggestion. Now let me refresh your memory and this area. In (Luke 8:22), Jesus said to the disciples, Let us go over unto the other side, then He fell asleep in the back of the ship. A storm of wind arose on the lake and ways were leaping into the boat. The disciples began to say, Master, we perish. Jesus arose and rebuked the wind and the sea. Then He asked them, "Where Is Your Faith ?" Apparently it was in what they could see, and not in what He said ! Was that storm sent of God to try their faith ? No. That storm and every other storm is designed by Satan to get the Word out of them and it worked very well .(Mark 4:15). They told Jesus what the devil said, just like many of you are telling God what the devil said. The Deborah had told them that they would all drown. But Jesus said, "We are going to the other side." His Words did not abide in them. Now ask yourself a question does God Words abide in you ? In (1 John 3:8), we find that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. If the storm was of God, then Jesus destroyed the work of His Father. No, Jesus came to undo everything that Satan was doing. Jesus rebuked the wind because the stone had been caused by Satan. He has perverted nature and used the the atmosphere to bring floods, storms, and tornadoes as well as hurricanes. But headlines proclaim, God visited our city last night with a Tornado. No greater lie has ever been told ! Just like the COBIT 19, the headlines have read God has visited the world we COBIT 19. No greater lie has been told !.